Assignment 2

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The World of Charles Dickens



Since Charles Dickens published A Christmas Carol in 1843, we should learn a little about the events happening around the world during this time. What was happening politically? What were the popular literary works? Were there any new inventions being introduced? What was happening in the world of music and art?

  1. Using the link for the History World timeline, find two interesting facts that occurred from 1843-1850. They cannot be from the same category.



Politics and
World Events
 Inventions and Science
 Music and Art
 Literature and Writers


http://www.historyworld.net/timesearch/default.asp?keywords=&sort2=&bottomsort=&topsort=&direction=&timelineid=&getyear=1840&viewtext=extended&conid=timeline&event_number=20&date=1840

  1. Open a Word document and paste the fact onto the page. Copy the URL from the address bar and paste it to the page also.

  2. Find a picture associated with your fact by clicking on one of theexternal image iico_d.gifbeside the fact on the time line.

  3. Copy the picture that you choose to your document. Copy the URL from the address bar and paste it to the page also.